diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sc/scenefx/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sc/scenefx/package.nix
index ee92339b9a1f..6514cec7fc1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sc/scenefx/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sc/scenefx/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   meson,
   ninja,
-  wlroots,
+  wlroots_0_17,
   scdoc,
   pkg-config,
   wayland,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pixman
     wayland
     wayland-protocols
-    wlroots
+    wlroots_0_17
   ];
 
   passthru.tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayfx-unwrapped/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayfx-unwrapped/package.nix
index b90220a7c1ff..1edc6d3d4cb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayfx-unwrapped/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sw/swayfx-unwrapped/package.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   scenefx,
   wayland-scanner,
   xcbutilwm,
-  wlroots,
+  wlroots_0_17,
   testers,
   nixosTests,
   # Used by the NixOS module:
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     scenefx
     wayland
     wayland-protocols
-    (wlroots.override { inherit (finalAttrs) enableXWayland; })
+    (wlroots_0_17.override { inherit (finalAttrs) enableXWayland; })
   ] ++ lib.optionals finalAttrs.enableXWayland [ xcbutilwm ];
 
   mesonFlags =